Bistable Organic Electrochemical Transistors: Enthalpy vs. Entropy
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| author | Bongartz, Lukas M. Kantelberg, Richard Meier, Tommy Hoffmann, Raik Matthus, Christian Weissbach, Anton Cucchi, Matteo Kleemann, Hans Leo, Karl |
| author_facet | Bongartz, Lukas M. Kantelberg, Richard Meier, Tommy Hoffmann, Raik Matthus, Christian Weissbach, Anton Cucchi, Matteo Kleemann, Hans Leo, Karl |
| contents | Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) underpin a range of emerging technologies, from bioelectronics to neuromorphic computing, owing to their unique coupling of electronic and ionic charge carriers. In this context, various OECT systems exhibit significant hysteresis in their transfer curve, which is frequently leveraged to achieve non-volatility. Meanwhile, a general understanding of its physical origin is missing. Here, we introduce a thermodynamic framework that readily explains the emergence of bistable OECT operation via the interplay of enthalpy and entropy. We validate this model through temperature-resolved characterizations, material manipulation, and thermal imaging. Further, we reveal deviations from Boltzmann statistics for the subthreshold swing and reinterpret existing literature. Capitalizing on these findings, we finally demonstrate a single-OECT Schmitt trigger, thus compacting a multi-component circuit into a single device. These insights provide a fundamental advance for OECT physics and its application in non-conventional computing, where symmetry-breaking phenomena are pivotal to unlock new paradigms of information processing. |
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| spellingShingle | Bistable Organic Electrochemical Transistors: Enthalpy vs. Entropy Bongartz, Lukas M. Kantelberg, Richard Meier, Tommy Hoffmann, Raik Matthus, Christian Weissbach, Anton Cucchi, Matteo Kleemann, Hans Leo, Karl Applied Physics Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) underpin a range of emerging technologies, from bioelectronics to neuromorphic computing, owing to their unique coupling of electronic and ionic charge carriers. In this context, various OECT systems exhibit significant hysteresis in their transfer curve, which is frequently leveraged to achieve non-volatility. Meanwhile, a general understanding of its physical origin is missing. Here, we introduce a thermodynamic framework that readily explains the emergence of bistable OECT operation via the interplay of enthalpy and entropy. We validate this model through temperature-resolved characterizations, material manipulation, and thermal imaging. Further, we reveal deviations from Boltzmann statistics for the subthreshold swing and reinterpret existing literature. Capitalizing on these findings, we finally demonstrate a single-OECT Schmitt trigger, thus compacting a multi-component circuit into a single device. These insights provide a fundamental advance for OECT physics and its application in non-conventional computing, where symmetry-breaking phenomena are pivotal to unlock new paradigms of information processing. |
| title | Bistable Organic Electrochemical Transistors: Enthalpy vs. Entropy |
| topic | Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14362 |